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{{Infobox Species | {{Infobox Species | ||
| type = | | type = [[Cast]] | ||
| affiliation = [[Great Houses]] | | affiliation = [[Great Houses]] | ||
| origin = [[Catherion Imprimiture]] | | origin = [[Catherion Imprimiture]] | ||
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| appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Return of the King (short story)|The Return of the King]]'', ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]'' | | appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Return of the King (short story)|The Return of the King]]'', ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]'' | ||
| individuals = [[Babel (Newtons Sleep)|The black angel]] | | individuals = [[Babel (Newtons Sleep)|The black angel]] | ||
}}The '''babel'''s were an advanced generation of [[cast]]s created in the [[Catherion | }}The '''babel'''s were an advanced generation of [[cast]]s created in the [[Catherion Imprimiture]] to overcome the limitations of the other generations. The goal was to make a self-aware system that would be linked to the [[mind]] of a [[time-active]] agent instead of the [[the Homeworld]]'s [[noosphere]] or the operating system of a [[TARDIS|timeship]]. | ||
Only about eight were created, and all were incurably [[insane]]. [[Babel (Newtons Sleep)|One escaped babel]] massacred almost everyone at House Catherion, leaving only one survivor; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') the [[Order of the Weal]] subsequently kept it prisoner under [[House Ixion]], where Chatelaine [[Thessalia]] consulted with it about [[the War|the upcoming War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]'') | Only about eight were created, and all were incurably [[insane]]. [[Babel (Newtons Sleep)|One escaped babel]] massacred almost everyone at House Catherion, leaving only one survivor; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') the [[Order of the Weal]] subsequently kept it prisoner under [[House Ixion]], where Chatelaine [[Thessalia]] consulted with it about [[the War|the upcoming War]]. She eventually released it on an isolated planet on the [[frontier in time]], giving herself as its host; it killed her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]'') The other babels were confined in areas where they were deprived of radiation and eventually starved to death. | ||
However, at the start of [[the War]], the [[Great Houses]] came to regard the babels as a necessary evil. Three were released during the [[Lethean Campaign]], where they were supremely successful wherever deployed and provided the [[Great Houses]] with a powerful advantage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | |||
{{quote|The babels are pure contradiction. They have no passion for war. They don’t see an enemy: they see meat. Yet unleashed, they become nothing but passion, fury unchecked by mercy or satisfaction. I have seen babels delay an offensive in order to abuse or mutilate a prisoner. They do not like to kill. They take care and pleasure in keeping their victims alive as long as they can. I spoke to one today. Her voice was so sweet and she posed herself with such delicacy. One can almost long to be [[the enemy]] and suffer their affections.|An auxiliary fighting for [[the Homeworld]] during the [[Lethean Campaign]]|The Book of the War (novel)}} | |||
All three were destroyed when a secretive agent killed their hosts and left them momentarily defenseless to the [[the enemy|enemy]] suicide attacks; ''[[The Book of the War]]'' stated that, after this deployment, the babels were extinct. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | |||
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